Chapter 47: Narrow Road of Enemies

  "Longyi, have you asked Manager Qian if President Zhang agreed with their business arrangement?"

  "I asked him, Young Master," Long Yi replied, "Manager Qian said that Director Zhang is still considering it."

  "What? Can't even handle such a small matter, but when taking the money, it was quick and clean. Tell him that if he can't handle it within two days, he will be responsible for the consequences. Also, Dragon Two, tomorrow you go visit their Zhang Zong and see what kind of person he is."

  "Yes, young master!"

  Boyfriend relied on a beautiful strike, followed by a string of beautiful close-range combat skills, to scare off the wolf-like boy. Yesterday, Zhang Hang's performance made Ouyang Qiushui very satisfied.

  It's clear that the so-called young master has a big background, otherwise there wouldn't be five strong men protecting him. Especially that Chinese man who mediated at the end, he still has that unique smell of having been a soldier and his martial skills are also the best among them.

  "Come, have some fruit!" Ou Yang Qiushui held a fruit platter in her hand and came out of the kitchen with Zhang Mu, inviting Zhang Hang and his son to eat fruit.

  "What are you two talking about? Come over and have some fruit first!" said Zhang's mother.

  "Dad, eat some fruit first, we'll talk later."

  Two hours after dinner is the best time to eat fruit, when the body absorbs it best, according to Ou Yang Qiu Shui.

  After finishing the fruit, Ouyang Qiushui went to chat with her future mother-in-law, and Zhang Hang also chatted with his father about what happened today.

  "Dad, what kind of unit is on the other side that they would send someone to threaten you?"

  "It's a Japanese company called Pearl Group. Last week, Manager Qian, who is in charge of exporting Japanese goods, received a shipment from them with a very tight deadline and at a high price. I thought there was something wrong with the goods, so I asked to inspect them before shipping. However, they said that the goods had already been packaged, payment had been made, and the customer was waiting urgently, refusing inspection and demanding immediate shipment and customs clearance. Today, someone from Pearl Group came to me and told me not to make a fuss, saying that Manager Qian wouldn't lose out on money anyway, so there's no need to have trouble with him. From his tone, if I don't agree, they will be rude to my family."

  Zhū Shì Group, isn't that just Young Master again? It's them once more. If it weren't for enemies not gathering together, see how you'll retreat this time!

  Zhang Hang thought for a moment and then asked his father: "There are many other foreign trade companies in Hangzhou, why would they look for us?"

  "This I'm not clear about, the specific business is handled by Manager Qian. Our company's reputation in the industry is well-known, so the customs side also takes extra care of our goods. According to Manager Qian, they were looking for cooperation with us for the first time and offered a relatively high price, so he accepted."

  "Dad, what is Manager Qian like as a person?"

  "He's been with the company for six years, working very hard and diligently, a filial son. Two years ago, I promoted him to manager, three months ago his mother was diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. For this reason, I also organized employees in the company to donate money for his mother's treatment."

  He paused, then continued: "According to Manager Qian, since this batch of goods is urgent, their Zhushi Group has also contacted customs, and customs will expedite the process. I've already checked with customs, it's true, now everything is ready, we just need to declare customs."

  "Well then, Dad, what other questions do you have?"

  Because I was afraid there might be a problem with this batch of goods, so I secretly went to take a look. Although I don't know what it is, but judging from my point of view, it's a batch of high-tech products related to the military. How could a legitimate businessman possibly get involved with the Chinese army? Moreover, up until now, there seems to be another group of mysterious people interested in this batch of goods, which must mean there's something fishy going on.

  Zhang's father had a serious expression: "I'd rather compensate them double the penalty for breach of contract than earn money from unknown sources."

  "The military? This batch of goods will involve the military. If that's the case, the problem may be more serious than we imagined." Zhang Hang's eyes lit up: "Maybe it also involves state secrets, since it's related to the military, Dad, I'll take care of it."

  Zhang Jianhua looked at his son with a puzzled expression, this time when his son came home, he clearly felt the change in his son, which suddenly made him feel very solid and reassuring.

  But after all, this is just his intuition and can't be counted. Now these suspicious goods are likely to involve military secrets, can the son handle it? Will the son get into trouble? As a father, he would rather put himself in danger than let his son have an accident.

  The son has been very opinionated since he was young and always sticks to his words. So, he doesn't know how to respond now and needs to think about how to persuade the son to give up this idea.

  "Never mind, I'll handle it myself."; "After some thought, it's better to just say it straightforwardly."

  "What does Dad plan to do?" Zhang Hang knew his father's intention and adopted a roundabout strategy.

  "No connection, compensation!" Zhang's father made a direct and decisive decision.

  "It's not that simple, the other party won't let go of the company so easily. Since they've come to our doorstep, they must have been prepared and will stop at nothing. By then, I'm afraid they'll really be unfavorable to us. The only way out now is to face them head-on and make a clean break." Zhang Hang said, handing his ID card to his father.

  Seeing his son's credentials, Zhang Jianhua was speechless for half a day. He had long known that his son had a promising future when he joined the army, but he didn't expect it to be so promising.

  This is a military commission certificate. He can't even dream that now his son, apart from the military commission, only he and his wife have this privilege, of course, as well as his future daughter-in-law.

  "So that means last time in Shenyang Military Region's actual combat exercise, it was really you who led the team to take down the Red Command Center?!" Zhang Jianhua blurted out.

  Zhang Hang didn't know that after the military exercise, his name had already spread within the military. It was one of his grandfather's old comrades who mentioned it and even joked with him, saying that it might be his grandson. At first, his family didn't take it to heart, thinking that Zhang Hang was still studying in school. Besides, there were countless people in China with the same name and surname, so many that they couldn't even be counted.

  "Not bad, how did you know, Dad?" This time it was Zhang Hang's turn to be surprised.

  The big stone in my heart has finally landed, my son has grown up and become a man who can stand on his own feet. What else do I have to worry about?

  No matter how big the other party's background is, or how strong their power is, there's no need to worry. Now that my son represents the Chinese army and has the support of the Military Commission, what waves can they still stir up on Chinese soil?!

  "Alright, I'm leaving this matter in your hands. But be careful with everything." Zhang Jianhua instructed.

  Got it!

  "Ding dong, ding dong." The doorbell rang, and there were visitors coming.

  Zhang's father got up and opened the door: "Is that you? What are you doing coming to my house?"

  At the entrance, the person from the Pearl Group I met during the day was standing upright.

  "Director Zhang, we meet again! Our boss asked me to extend his greetings to your family. This is a gift for them, please accept it!" Long Er said as he handed over the box in his hand.

  Zhang Jianhua didn't reach out to take it, but just said: "Thank your boss for his kindness, the gift is not needed, and I'll have to trouble you to bring it back. As for that batch of goods, our company will formally notify your company tomorrow morning, whether or not to accept it will be clear tomorrow!"

  "Isn't it difficult for us to run errands like this? Our boss's gifts are never returned, and you're asking me to bring it back like this, isn't that ruining my rice bowl?

  Long Er said slowly, handing the box over again: "Besides, Zhang hasn't even seen the gift yet, and he's already refusing it. This is a bit inconsiderate of human feelings, don't you think?"

  "Is that so? I'd like to see it then." Zhang Hang was already standing beside Zhang Jianhua, and upon taking a look at the opponent, he realized it was indeed the same person who had been harassing Ouyang Qiushui yesterday. He couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in his heart, and coldly said: "Open it up, I want to take a look."

  Long Er's right hand involuntarily stretched towards the box, inside which was an ear model.

  "What does it mean? You'll have to bother explaining it to me, or else you won't be going home today!" Zhang Hang sneered with a smile.

  "Our young master said that as long as Director Zhang cooperates with us, there will be a lot of money to be made. Otherwise, what you receive next time might just be the real thing!" Long Erjing replied calmly.

  "Take this back to your master: if he dares to touch a single hair on my family's head, I'll make sure he dies without a burial ground; and if he dares to commit any crimes on our Chinese soil, I'll still make sure he dies without a burial ground. Now get out of here!" Zhang Hang shouted.

  Long Er didn't say a word, picked up his things and left. What bad luck, running into this guy again!

  "I'd like to see how long you can be so arrogant, they should have arrived by now, and when the time comes, someone will come to take care of you!" Long Er wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead, muttering to himself.

  "Dad, I want to go take a look at that batch of goods tomorrow, maybe I'll find something."

  "Okay, I'll take you there tomorrow."

  "Who just came by?" Zhang's mother asked as she emerged from the room.

  Ouyang Qiushui didn't say a word, she just stood quietly by the side.

  An unwelcome person, those people who disturbed Autumn Water yesterday. Zhang Hang replied.

  "They really are all-powerful and omnipresent, they actually found someone who came to our home." Zhang's mother's tone was somewhat worried.

  "It's okay, mom. They came today about that shipment of goods, they don't know Akira is here."

  It's like this...

  Just as Zhang's mother was about to finish speaking, the doorbell rang again, "Ding Dong Ding Dong", promptly informing the owner that there were guests visiting.

  Tonight's guests are numerous, I don't know who this one is.

  Zhang's father was closest to the door, he casually opened the large gate.

  "Excuse me, is this the home of Zhang Jianhua, CEO of Trade Group Corporation?" asked a middle-aged man in police uniform at the entrance.

  "Not bad, I am Zhang Jianhua, what are you gentlemen called? What brings you here?" Zhang's father replied.

  "We are from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and this is a comrade from the Provincial Public Security Department's Safety Bureau." After finishing speaking, he took out his own ID card for Zhang Jianhua to take a look.

  "Ah, it's a police comrade, please come in." Zhang's father took one glance and saw that the ID was genuine.

  "No need to be polite, Director Zhang. This time we came because there are some questions about the batch of goods that your company recently exported to Japan at the request of customers, so I would like to ask Director Zhang to return to the police station for assistance in the investigation and also trouble you to come with us."

  Now?

  "Alright, now, cooperate with us and come along."

  "Wait a minute, my dad still hasn't agreed to export that batch of goods, otherwise they would have been shipped to Japan long ago." Zhang Hang said suddenly.

  "We all know this, so we just asked him to go back and assist in the investigation. The purpose is just to understand some situations from him, nothing else. At the same time, this is also an order from the municipal bureau, we are just executing our task, please cooperate."

  Zhang Hang knew that if the goods were really related to state secrets, then today was a must-go. The police had been prepared for a long time, and if they didn't cooperate, they would come hard. Besides, he also wanted to further understand the situation, so it's better to go with them together.

  "Alright then, I'll go with my dad, how about that?" Zhang Hang asked.

  "Alright, go ahead!" The police officer was at a loss, and his colleague from the security bureau said.

  Jianhua, you... Mrs. Zhang's voice trembled with a mixture of surprise and anxiety.

  "Wife, don't worry and stay at home waiting for our return, father and son will go together, nothing will happen! Autumn water, please take care of things at home."

  "Alright, Uncle, don't worry!" Ou Yang Qiushui replied, supporting Zhang's mother.